Kristin Doner

Somethingmade from nothing is like magic for me. Turning unwanted snarls of wire into jewelry and discarded knots of wood into sculpture are more than fond memories from childhood. For me it provides a foundation for working which involves a process of discovery through exploring materials, processes, and my own subconscious.

One place I found nothing is at the intersection of art and technology, using hand movements captured on a scanner. The scanner records an artifact of my movement in a scan. From the scan, I manipulate organic lines and shapes often working with the dark spaces between my fingers. For instance, I used the thin straight space between my pressed fingers to create my dandelion motif.

Joanna Ruckman

I strive to create work that celebrates nature, culture, and the human experience.

I am completely enamored by our human obsession with creating things. I see design as an omnipresent opportunity to express and communicate. My journey is to find beauty and share it. I have been a designer and photographer for 20 years, but my recent shift to digital art has changed my creative process dramatically. I have been experimenting and manipulating photos in and out of the darkroom since age 14. Now, with digital art, I am able to combine images in ways I have long desired and even in ways I never imagined. I am currently working in several different formats, showing in diverse formal and alternative venues, and addressing social issues. My intention is to create work which is not only uplifting and visually stimulating, but also an expression of the search for the art and beauty in everyday moments. The images are personal and delicate with an emphasis on how natural elements relate to the figure. This work expresses my hopefulness in the human condition. As the work evolves, I explore my own relationship to the global community and my connections with people living in vastly different realities.

Matthew Silverberg

Now I am working on a variety of projects that are mostly abstract in nature—producing prints, paintings and movies of color patterns and designs, combining classic monotypes with digital print production. Two specific areas of interest have resulted in print series. The first starts with a renewed respect for great social satirists Daumier, Nast, Goya, Crumb. The second combines 19th century curio box collections and naturalist art illustrators such as Audubon, Haeckel, D'arcy Thompson and others. My multimedia series are called Tea Party Confections and Curio Boxes, respectively—digital reflections on traditional art historical genres and media.

Location

2000 4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

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